Is Naoya Inoue the next Big Asian Boxing Star

[SlySlickSmooth]

i dont think he has the frame to move up in the weights that American TV cares about.

[Scott9945]

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32 Million

If Bob Arum had put out that story almost everyone here would accuse him of lying. True Story.

[VAGAB0ND]

Expected TV audience tonight live from Osaka on TBS Japan: 32 million. Guillermo Rigondeaux***39;s an international superstar #Rigolution

— Alex ßornote Jr. (@Alex_Bornote) December 31, 2014

So some Cuban dude in Miami that has 262 followers tweets that Guillermo Rigondeaux is an "international superstar" and you believe that he single handedly drew 32 million viewers?

Get a grip.

Not to mention every single one of that guy's tweets is about Guillermo Rigondeaux, . He's probably one of the Cubans from on here, .

[Divine Hammer]

Barerra was out of his prime when Pacquiao fought him.

not really. that's what people say to discredit pac's win. truth is barrera was on a roll avenging his close loss to morales and beating hamed. barrera was ranked #2 or #3 p4p and was the lineal champ at featherweight and a big boxing star.

inoue beat narvaez and that's an okay win. narvaez is 40 years old 4 feet tall and was already embarrassed by that hype punk job donaire. if a scrub liek donaire could beat narvaez then anyone of decent caliber can.

if inoue wants to try and match a prime at the top of his career p4p barrera type win then he needs to beat gonzalez AND estrada.

[The Gambler1981]

If Bob Arum had put out that story almost everyone here would accuse him of lying. True Story.

Japanese media numbers are more trust worthy than Chinese numbers, is there a single number reported by any entity in China that you trust on face value. Why would I put faith in a number that comes from Arum that is not really verifiable.

Japan is a mature market, that is a consumer economy. I assume they know how to count eyeballs there for network TV.

Far from apples to apples I would say?

[Scott9945]

Japanese media numbers are more trust worthy than Chinese numbers, is there a single number reported by any entity in China that you trust on face value. Why would I put faith in a number that comes from Arum that is not really verifiable.

Japan is a mature market, that is a consumer economy. I assume they know how to count eyeballs there for network TV.

Far from apples to apples I would say?

No doubt that Japan is more sophisticated than China. But the source for these stats seem rather vague. And I wasn't suggesting that Arum is trustworthy, just that numbers that appear on social media shouldn't be taken as fact.

[Build That Wall]

i dont think he has the frame to move up in the weights that American TV cares about.

The US barely cares about Boxing.

[The Gambler1981]

No doubt that Japan is more sophisticated than China. But the source for these stats seem rather vague. And I wasn't suggesting that Arum is trustworthy, just that numbers that appear on social media shouldn't be taken as fact.

I assume they are using Japanese Neilsen type numbers which people have always had issues with.

Scrutinizing any stat is fair though because a lot of stats given are given for a reason. I don't doubt Japanese TV money though, those have been the best paid little guys for a long time. Arum talk on China is crazy Arum talk.

[SlySlickSmooth]

The US barely cares about Boxing.

True, I think he can definitely be the Asian star.. there's good fights. Imagine if he DID beat Gonzalez and Shiming? Good win and good exposure.

If Rigo stays at Super Bantamweight, I'm sure the next guy to beat him if he's from Japan (or happens to be Gonzalez) will be revered as a god among men.

[Divine Hammer]

True, I think he can definitely be the Asian star.. there's good fights. Imagine if he DID beat Gonzalez and Shiming? Good win and good exposure.

If Rigo stays at Super Bantamweight, I'm sure the next guy to beat him if he's from Japan (or happens to be Gonzalez) will be revered as a god among men.

why did inoue skip flyweight? he skipped one of the best division to fight at one of the weakest.

narvaez sucks is 4 feet tall and is an old 40 year old which is completely ancient at the lower weight classes.

i'm not sold on inoue. i think he is all hype. gonzalez and estrada both KO him easy.